diff --git a/lts/lts-triage-v2.py b/lts/lts-triage-v2.py
index 63fd719..92a8074 100755
--- a/lts/lts-triage-v2.py
+++ b/lts/lts-triage-v2.py
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
 
 ## TODO: for security we should look for CVE numbed regex match and if found flag it
 def main():
+    at_least_one_match = False
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="lts-triage.py", description="check patches for LTS candidacy")
     parser.add_argument("--repo", required=True, help="path to tf-a git repo")
     parser.add_argument("--csv_path", required=True, help="path including the filename for CSV file")